Question

What does Roosevelt mean when he says a muck-raker is like a person who "fixes his eyes only on that which is vile and debasing"?

He is comparing muck-rakers with people who enjoy creating problems.
He is comparing muck-rakers with people who focus on negative things.
He is establishing a standard from which to judge whether people are good or bad.
He is establishing a standard of what is good muck-raking and what is bad muck-raking.

Answer 1

Roosevelt was pointing out that all that these"muckrakers" as he dubbed them only reported on the bad and none of the good. He said this because as reporters they were focusing more on getting people to read their articles than telling the truth. this led to many factual errors in their writing. kind of like Reeta Skeeter.

Answer 2

He is comparing muck-rakers with people who focus on negative things.

Step-by-step explanation:

"fixes his eyes only on that which is vile and debasing"